This reissue of MoodSwing is Joshua Redman's third recording as a band leader and his first featuring all-original compositions. The young saxophonist sought to change what he believed to be the public perception of jazz - a largely academic and overly intellectualized form of music devoid of the emotional themes that drive many other genres. As he explains in the original liner notes, jazz was seen as, "an elite art form, reserved for a sophisticated intelligentsia who rendezvous in secret." With MoodSwing, Redman makes the case that jazz can be an accessible musical medium that could evoke basic and visceral emotional reactions.

 

1. Sweet Sorrow

2. Chill

3. Rejoice

4. Faith

5. Alone In The Morning

6. Mischief

7. Dialogue

8. The Oneness Of Two (In Three)

9. Past In The Present

10. Obsession

11. Headin' Home